
Health & Science
Opera raises curtain on living with schizophrenia
The idea is to address the stigma of mental illness with music. The opera is based on a memoir from a law and psychiatry professor.
6 years ago
Time nearly up: Fierce Hurricane Florence aims at Southeast
Time is running short to flee Hurricane Florence, a monster of a storm zeroing in on the Southeastern coast with more than 10 million people in its potential path.
6 years ago
Bringing the forest back after shale gas
The Pennsylvania DCNR is testing how best to revive areas cleared for fracking.
6 years ago
Listen 4:23Philly hospital finds depression treatment stops memory loss in African-Americans
Therapists treating depression use the method involving intentional goal setting to increase cognitive, social and physical activity.
6 years ago
Listen 2:10Report shows vast differences in life expectancy from one neighborhood to another
Local disparities in life expectancy can be found across the country.
6 years ago
A massive floating boom is supposed to clean up the Pacific. Can it work?
"The ocean really needs all the help it can get."
6 years ago
Monthly overdose deaths break record in Delaware
Last month, 39 fatal overdoses were reported, eclipsing the previous record of 27 in April.
6 years ago
52 years ago, the television show Star Trek premiered! It spawned a whole new approach to space exploration and had an impact on ...
Air Date: September 11, 2018
Listen 05:13Gov. Carney signs legislation establishing nation’s first overdose care system
Carney signed three pieces of legislation Monday aimed at addressing overdose deaths.
6 years ago
Listen 1:41Climate change, environmental regulation, and the Chesapeake Bay comeback
Guests: Jennifer Francis, Juliet Eilperin, ...
Air Date: September 11, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:55The queasy truth about why kids are so prone to vomiting
The mechanism of vomiting, or emesis, is the same in kids and adults.
6 years ago
Hurricane Florence spins up into a category 4 storm, aiming at U.S. East Coast
Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the southeastern U.S. as "a large and extremely dangerous hurricane," the National Hurricane Center says.
6 years ago
Where are the most viruses in an airport? Hint: It’s probably not the toilet
When you go through airport security, you might wish you had a pair of gloves on like the TSA agents do.
6 years ago
A scientist dreams up a plan to stop the Sahara from expanding
The Sahara desert is expanding, and has been for at least a century. It's a phenomenon that seems impossible to stop.
6 years ago
Florence, now a hurricane, is one of many threats to the Atlantic and Pacific
A slew of dangerous storms – hurricanes, tropical storms and a typhoon — are currently traveling over both the Atlantic and Pacific.
6 years ago
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